Pete Allen (baseball)

Jesse Hall "Pete" Allen, born on 1 May 1868 in Columbiana, Ohio, and died on 16 April 1946, was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned two seasons. He played one game in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Spiders on 4 August 1893, going hitless in four at-bats as a catcher, and also played in the minor leagues for the Binghamton Bingoes in 1893 and a New Castle, Pennsylvania club in 1895. Before that he revived the Ohio State varsity baseball team as captain, manager and pitcher. After baseball he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1897 and practised medicine, specialising in proctology, becoming an assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College.